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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held four hours of negotiations on Sunday with his Iranian counterpart, Javad Zarif, in an attempt to push forward the diplomatic process to curb Iran’s nuclear activities—but to no avail. We report that the U.S. and other world powers want to extend talks after realizing that it will be virtually impossible to reach a comprehensive deal by their deadline tonight. Our story considers the implications of granting an extension and looks at the reaction...